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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 27-65-101 Legislative declaration
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(1) The general assembly declares that the purposes of this article 65 are: (a) To secure for each person with a mental health disorder such care and treatment suited to the person's needs and to ensure that the care and treatment are skillfully and humanely administered with ful…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 27-65-101.5 Nonapplicability of article if individual has intellectual and developmental disability or neurocognitive disorder
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The provisions of part 5 of article 10 of title 25.5 apply and this article 65 does not apply if a person has an intellectual and developmental disability or a neurocognitive disorder, as those terms are defined in section 25.5-10-501, without any other mental health disorder tha…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 27-65-102 Definitions
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As used in this article 65, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Acute treatment unit" means a facility or a distinct part of a facility for short-term psychiatric care, which may include treatment for substance use disorders, that provides a total, twenty-four-hour, thera…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 27-65-103 Voluntary applications for mental health services
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(1) Nothing in this article 65 in any way limits the right of any person to make a voluntary application at any time to any public or private agency or professional person for mental health services, either by direct application in person or by referral from any other public or p…